Legends of Film: Gene Hackman
Take a trivia look at the four-decade career of one of cinema's most enduring icons in this game featuring Gene Hackman.
15 questions · Published December 5, 2022
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
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1. Which of these films did NOT earn Gene Hackman an Academy Award nomination?
In addition to winning Oscars for "The French Connection" (1971) and "Unforgiven" (1992), Gene Hackman was nominated for three others, but his astounding work as a surveillance expert in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation" (1974) did NOT earn him a nod.
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2. What Gene Hackman flick was named fourth-greatest sports film of all time by the American Film Institute in 2008?
"Hoosiers" (1986) ranks at number four on the AFI's list of "Greatest Sports Movies of All Time" behind "Raging Bull" (1980), "Rocky" (1976), and "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942).
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3. In what branch of the U.S. military did Gene Hackman lie about his age and enlist when he was just sixteen?
Gene Hackman served four and a half years as a field radio operator in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was stationed in China, Hawaii, and Japan and was discharged in 1951.
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4. What is the only film Gene Hackman ever costarred in with his friend and former roommate Dustin Hoffman?
They had classes together at the Pasadena Playhouse. They shared an apartment in New York City. They both got their big break in 1967. However, old friends Gene Hackman and Dustin Hoffman only ever appeared together in Hackman's penultimate film, "Runaway Jury."
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5. In what film does Gene Hackman don this fabulous wig and fierce makeup?
In "The Birdcage" (1996), Gene Hackman plays a right-wing U.S. Senator whose daughter is engaged to the son of a gay Miami nightclub owner. Knowing that being seen at such an establishment would look bad, he and his wife escape in drag.
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